06/10/2026
Weds at 10pm on Radio Fremantle 107.9fm
Zia McCabe has spent more than three decades inside the wonderfully strange world of The Dandy Warhols — but when she first joined the band at 18, she remembers sitting alone in a basement wondering whether she'd just made a deal with the devil.
In this episode of The Mixtape, Zia joins Mark to talk about the band's remarkable journey, their adventures performing with a full symphony orchestra and why decades of obscure B-sides eventually led to a collection of Dandy Warhols cover versions.
Away from the band, Zia takes us inside See Hear Now, her immersive art and music installation at MONA, where movement, visual art, electronic music and orchestral instrumentation combine to create an experience that can effectively change every time you enter the room.
There's also plenty of crate-digging as Zia remembers raiding her parents' record collection as a teenager — including the record-store staff who refused to let her sell George Harrison's All Things Must Pass.
Then she builds her six-track Mixtape, with selections including The Fall, The Knife and Babybird, before tackling the Quickfire Five.
Thirty-two years into The Dandy Warhols, Zia McCabe remains every bit as curious about music as the teenager who first joined the band.
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